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• War crimes

Izium mass graves and torture as ‘a microcosm of Russian atrocities’ in occupied Ukraine

47 civilians, many of them children, were killed in just one of the missile strikes on Izium, in Kharkiv oblast, that Russia continues to claim it is directing only at military targets

• Freedom of expression

Ukraine’s new Media Law is ‘soaked in censorship,’ expert says

“The state should not be the supervisor controlling the flow of information that comes to the people because the people stay above the state.”

• Publicistics

In an atmosphere of evil. Arkady Davarov — switching fields of energy

The social atmosphere is invisible and surrounds us as the air we breathe. And just like air, not only it supports life, but it could also poison it.

• War crimes

Russian invaders abduct and torture Kung-Fu master and four other Ukrainians for fantasy ‘international terrorism trial'

Five Ukrainians from Melitopol were abducted by the Russians in early April, and are facing charges of ‘intentional terrorism’ over an alleged plan to blow up a truck carrying humanitarian supplies.

• War crimes

Russia used prohibited cluster munitions for horrific attack on Kramatorsk Railway Station

Russia’s attack on the Kramatorsk Railway Station on 8 April 2022 was “a violation of the laws of war and an apparent war crime”, Human Rights Watch has concluded in an important study

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘Planes and helicopters dropped shells in the garden’ (Moshchun resident Tetiana Shyrant)

Tetiana Shyrant lived in the Moshchun with a large family in the house her parents built in 1963. Unfortunately, their home was destroyed, and later everything burned to the ground. Tetiana admits that she has no plans for the future.

• Civic society

Assistance worth millions. Volunteer activities of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group in 2022

During the year, KHPG launched five humanitarian aid programs. We provided targeted support to hundreds of families, hospitals and other institutions, AFU soldiers, volunteers, and prisoners. KHPG's charitable programs will continue in 2023, including a new program that will use a part of the Nobel Peace Prize to help the families of perished civilians.

• Penal institutions

‘They just killed him’ — Vitaliy Matukhno, an inmate suffering from cancer, died in the prison hospital

According to human rights activist Andriy Didenko, “Vitaliy was killed consciously and intentionally because, for them, a human being is a trash.” Andriy tells the story of a life prisoner who should have been released for health reasons but was left behind bars to die.

• War crimes

Invaders seize and imprison former Ukrainian soldier, then kidnap his three children to Russia ‘for adoption’

In modern Russia’s NewSpeak, Ukrainian cities razed to the ground have been ‘liberated’ and children taken to the aggressor state to be ‘re-educated’ and turned into ‘Russians’ – ‘saved’.

• The right to life   • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia terminates ‘trial’ of refugee it killed in occupied Crimea two years ago

The Russian authorities are still refusing to hand over the body of Nabi Rakhimov with the reason almost certainly because this would confirm that the FSB are lying about how and why they killed Rakhimov

• War crimes   • Research

A Year of Full-Scale Russia-Ukraine War: the Kharkiv Region

In total, our organization documented 9,252 incidents in the Kharkiv Region during the reporting period. When classified by type of event, the most recorded incidents were related to shelling or bombing—information about at least 6,048 such incidents was collected.

• Events

Illegal Flowers, Solitary Protestors, Molotov Cocktails: a Digest of Russian Protests

Last week in Russia, the recruitment office, the Investigative Committee, relay cases by the railway were all set on fire: Russians are mastering “hot” forms of protest. Meanwhile, one could be put behind bars for a bouquet of flowers or a “Peace” poster.